Archeparchy of Lviv
Leopolitan(us) Ucrainorum
Eastern metropolitan see · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Lviv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic metropolitan archeparchy tracing its origins to the 12th-century Orthodox Eparchy of Halych and elevated as a metropolis with suffragan sees in 1807. Its suffragans are Stryi, Sambir-Drohobych and Sokal-Zhovkva; the seat is St. George's Cathedral in Lviv, returned to the church in 1990 after Soviet suppression.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1677
- Latin
- Leopolitan(us) Ucrainorum
- Patron
- Saint George
- Annuario code
- 001002078
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 812,523
- Priests
- 411
- Catholics per priest
- 1,977
- Extent
- 3,767 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 216
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Metropolitan Archbishop
- Ihor Vozniak, C.Ss.R.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. George's Cathedral, Lviv stands in Lviv, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lviv (UGCC)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1807, the Archeparchy of Lviv is an ecclesiastical territory and province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a particular Eastern Catholic Church in Ukraine. As a metropolitan see it counts three suffragans, Stryi, Sambir-Drohobych, and Sokal-Zhovkva. Ihor Vozniak is the incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop, and the cathedral church of the archeparchy is St. George's in the city of Lviv.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.